Conference Session 143

Student access to new and emerging technologies

School Libraries and Resource Centres Section

Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources.

16 August 2011 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Exhibition Hall A

• See Sally Research: an environment scan of the evolution of student research project from Exxon Valdez to the nuclear crisis in Japan
  JOYCE VALENZA (Springfield Township HS Library, Erdenhein, PA, USA) and DOUG JOHNSON (Media and Technology, Mankato (MN) Schools, Mankato, Minnesota, USA)
• Launch of 'Global Perspectives on School Libraries: Projects and Practices' 
  RANDI LUNDVALL (Chair of SLRC Section) and DILJIT SINGH (International Association of School Librarianship - IASL)
• Using e-Books and e-Readers to promote reading in school libraries: lessons from the field
  RAY DOIRON (University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada)
• Directing the digital moral compass: teaching digital citizenship
  LESLEY S. J. FARMER (California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA)
• Preparing librarians to support student access to new and emerging technologies: selected online programs in school library education from three countries
  DIANNE OBERG (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)